History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Serrure

In Dutch: Slotstraat

Rue de la Serrure, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1899.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Named in
1859

Située à proximité de la rue du Pène et de la rue de la Clé, l'origine du nom n'est toutefois pas connue, nous ne savons pas si ces références s'adressent à un serrurier qui vivait là jadis par exemple. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives